A/HRC/13/39/Add.2 the Special Rapporteur left. At the time of the second visit he was kept separate from the others in the calabozo. After he had spoken to the Special Rapporteur’s team the first time, he was taken back to the main cell, where he stayed for about 40 minutes. Police officers came and asked who had talked to the Special Rapporteur or his team. A while later two police officers came and took him and two others who had spoken to the Special Rapporteur out of the cell and put them into the cell for sexual offenders. Then they were separated and he was taken to the calabozo. All three were beaten and he was punched in the eye. The two others were sent to COMCAR. He threatened to start a hunger strike. Then he was taken to the forensic doctor but was told to say that he had inflicted the eye injury on himself. He was asked by the doctor whether he had punched himself. He answered that this was practically impossible and told the doctor that he had been beaten. He had to sign the medical report but was not given a copy. He had not been transferred to the prison as foreseen because he had been to see the doctor. 148. When he was questioned in greater detail, Mr. de Matteis reported that after being taken to the calabozo, he was transferred to an office of the economic crimes division on the second floor of the building. He reported having taken the elevator. He was left alone in the room which was furnished with an L-shaped couch and a table. He was handcuffed and shackled. The same police officers who had transferred him came into the room and locked the doors. They asked him what he had told the Special Rapporteur’s team. He was forced to stand against the wall and was beaten with a truncheon on the back. When he turned his head he was punched on the eye by an officer. After about 40 minutes he could feel the eye swelling. He was taken downstairs again where other police officers intimated that he had been taken upstairs in order to humiliate him. The head of the detention facilities, named “Carrera”, came to look at him and asked him whether he had anything to say, but he was too afraid to complain. One of the police officers who had ill-treated him was also on duty during the second visit. He was corpulent, around 175 centimetres tall and had light brown hair, which was receding from the forehead. He had white skin and was around 45 years old. 149. The forensic expert of the Special Rapporteur’s team reported the following after examining the detainee: the patient, who was examined two times, did not present any injuries during the first visit, although there were some during the second examination. Those injuries were blunt trauma injuries including a periocular ecchymosis around the right eye and scratches on the right side of the back. The injuries were produced by a blunt instrument two or three days before the second examination (probably between 24 and 36 hours after the first examination). The location, shape and type of injuries did not have the common pattern of self-inflicted injuries. There were no objective signs indicating that the injuries were self-inflicted. The findings were consistent with the explanation given by the patient about external violence against him. Self-inflicted eye trauma was very unusual and have been associated with a variety of disorders including paranoid schizophrenia, druginduced psychosis, obsessive-compulsive disorder, depression, mental retardation and ritualistic behaviour. It has also been reported in patients with a variety of organic illnesses, including neurosyphilis, Lesch-Nyhan syndrome and structural brain lesions. Injuries tend to affect the right eye more than the left eye, due to hand dominance and the avoidance head turn. It has been described in both adults and children, but occurs mostly in young adults with acute or chronic psychoses. The patient did not show signs of mental disturbances such as a psychotic state or other acute or chronic mental diseases. 150. On 13 and 23 April 2009, the Government of Uruguay provided information concerning this case. According to a report by the head of the economic crimes division of the police, Mr. de Matteis had been presented before a judge on 22 March. He was transferred to the economic crimes division to make his statement, and kept in a cell until he was transferred to Cárcel Central. When he arrived there, he was examined by a nurse, who saw that his right eye was swollen. On 25 March, he was sent back to the economic GE.09-17655 51